As CLE Professionals, constant stress is often a part of the job. So it’s fair to say that we were stressed before COVID-19. Now...no comment. But if we don’t effectively manage and cope with chronic stressors, this additional stress and uncertainty has the potential to cripple our productivity levels and make it physically, mentally, and emotionally impossible to effectively perform our jobs and take care of ourselves. It’s called burnout, and I can tell you from personal experience that you can’t simply “power thru.” Invest in your cognitive resilience now.
It’s not just you – pandemic procrastination is widespread. Join attorney and time management expert Meg Spencer Dixon for this past-paced program as she shares her ideas for overcoming procrastination for lawyers and legal professionals working from home during these extraordinary and extraordinarily stressful times. Strategies include ways to compartmentalize your worries so that you can focus on your work; creating and using a realistic task management system; working in timed bursts; using self-care to recharge your batteries; and tips for maintaining your motivation. Learning and applying these real-world, highly practical techniques can help you become more confident in your abilities to accomplish your most important tasks during these difficult times.
Given the continued reality of social distancing and working from home, online presentations have become a daily necessity. However, if you approach a virtual CLE presentation the same way you do an in-person program, your chances of success may be limited. The good news is that a great online CLE presentation is relatively easy to create and deliver if you understand the dynamics of remote audiences. Virtual Magic is a cutting-edge program that gives you the tools you need to connect with and influence others when you can’t be there in person.
Today’s lawyers need to do more than understand the law. In order to thrive in a professional legal environment, they must build strong relationships, demonstrate empathy and compassion, communicate effectively, manage their time and their practice, while making ethical value-based decisions, and building trust.
50% of the success of your website, email campaigns, brochures, ads, and other promotions depends on copywriting. The better the copy, the better the results. In this fast-paced session, copywriting expert Steve Slaunwhite will show you the proven "recipe" for writing effective marketing copy — consistently — and doing so in a way that helps maximize conversions and registrations.
A Manager READMe can be a useful tool in leading your team. In this session, learn what it is and how it can reshape the way you manage and interact with your team.
Among the many impacts the coronavirus is having on association conferences, the effect on corporate sponsors should not be forgotten. Conference sponsors and year-long sponsors with conference benefits are an important source of revenue for associations. In addition to the potential loss of revenue, the coronavirus is causing associations to deal with the loss of relationships with sponsors. Join us as we discuss why this is the perfect opportunity to pivot your sponsorship program to new value propositions and growth.
This session will be of interest for participants who would like to learn more about Instructional Design best practices. It will be suitable for anyone who designs and develops courses including writers, subject matter experts and instructors. We will explore the most widely adopted approaches to instructional design. The session will include examples of course design and educational technology that can be applied in a variety of contexts. We will discuss design approaches, working with SMEs, development practices (including rapid prototyping and storyboarding), piloting and analysis. Resources and templates will be shared so participants put them to use in their own practice.
